Sviatoslav Richter: Pianist of the Century
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Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat No: 4778122
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 9
Release Date: 11th May 2009
Contents
Artists
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
Wiener Symphoniker
Conductors
Witold RowickiStanislaw Wislocki
Herbert von Karajan
Kurt Sanderling
Artists
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
Wiener Symphoniker
Conductors
Witold RowickiStanislaw Wislocki
Herbert von Karajan
Kurt Sanderling
About
Sviatoslav Richter represents the summit of pianistic achievement: his incredible virtuosity and strength, his vision of structure and form, the range of emotion he was able to express on his instrument in concert and on disc have never been surpassed.
Now, for the first time, all nine of the solo and concerto LP-recordings he made for Deutsche Grammophon have been gathered into a single box-set at budget price. All of these recordings have been in the DG catalogue since they were made.
It started in 1956 with a Schumann recital and ended in 1962 with a recital recorded live on tour in Italy. In between there were five concerto LPs (including Rachmaninov’s Second, Tchaikovsy’s First with Karajan, the Schumann and Prokofiev’s Fifth) and two more mixed recitals. Here they are, faithfully reproduced in their original couplings (newly mastered) and with original artwork in mini-LP format.
The CD booklet has masterly new liner notes by piano expert Jeremy Siepmann, who manages to capture the essence of Richter, the man and musician, as well as furnishing precise annotations on each of the albums in turn.
An essential box-set for all serious lovers of piano music.
Contents:
CD 1
Schumann
- March in G minor Op.76 No.2
- Waldszenen Op.82
- Fantasiestücke Op.12 (selection)
CD 2
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor K. 466
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.5 in G major Op.55
Warsaw (National) Philharmonic Orchestra / Witold Rowicki
CD 3
Rachmaninov
- Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Witold Rowicki
- 6 Preludes:
In C major Op.32 No.1
In B flat minor Op.32 No.2
In B flat major Op.23 No.2
In D major Op.23 No.4
In G minor Op.23 No.5
In C minor Op.23 No.7
CD 4
Schumann
- Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Witold Rowicki
- Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major Op.92
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Stanislaw Wislocki
- Novelette in F major Op.21/1
- Toccata in C major Op.7
CD 5 (Recital)
Haydn: Sonata in G minor Hob.XVI:44
Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A flat major Op.47
Debussy: Preludes I:
- Voiles
- Le vent dans la plaine
- Les collines d’Anacapri
Prokofiev: Sonata No.8 in B flat major Op.84
CD 6
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23
Wiener Symphoniker / Herbert von Karajan
CD 7
Beethoven
- Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in B flat major WoO
- Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37
Wiener Symphoniker / Kurt Sanderling
CD 8 (Recital)
Chopin:
- Polonaise-Fantaisie No.7 in A flat major Op.61
- Etude in C major Op.10 No.1
- Etude in C minor Op.10 No.12 “Revolutionary”
- Ballade No.4 in F minor Op.52
Debussy: Estampes
- I. Pagodes
- II. La Soirée dans Grenade
- III. Jardins sous la Pluie
Scriabin: Sonata No.5 in F sharp major Op.53
CD 9 (Recital)
J S Bach: 5 Preludes and Fugues from The Well-tempered Clavier
- In C major BWV 846
- In C sharp minor BWV 849
- In D major BWV 850
- In D minor BWV 851
- In E flat minor BWV 853
Schubert:
- Allegretto in C minor D 915
- Ländler in A major (from 17 Ländler D 366)
Schumann: “Abegg” Variations Op.1
Rachmaninov: Prelude in G sharp minor Op.32 No.12
Prokofiev: Visions fugitives Op.22
- No.3
- No.6
- No.9
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